[[PageOutline]] = Understanding Expiration and Using Different GENI Reservation Tools = == !Slice/Sliver Expiration Times == Different resources in GENI have different expiration times. Frequently, this confuses students and their reservations expire unexpectedly. Let's try reserving a slice and renewing the resources in it: 1. Login to the portal 2. Create a slice 3. When the new slice loads click the '''Add resources''' button 4. Choose the ''1 OpenVZ container (IG)'' and the ''Utah InstaGENI'' Aggregate [[BR]] {{{ #!html
}}} 5. Once the reservation goes through, navigate back to your slice 6. Repeat steps 3-5 but this time reserve ''1 OpenVZ container (IG)'' at the ''Clemson InstaGENI'' aggregate 7. From the Slice page: i. Note the slice expiration time ii. Scroll down and get the status for the Clemson InstaGENI aggregate by pressing the '''Ready?''' button. ''What is the expiration time at Clemson InstaGENI?'' iii. ''What is the expiration time at Utah InstaGENI?'' '''''Action: Send an email to tutorials@geni.net the three discovered expiration times''''' == Access Information with other tools == All the reservation information is stored at the various aggregates, so you can access your information with any tool. You will find that different tools are better for different things. Let's try reserving and renewing resources: 1. In the slice you created in the above exercise, '''Launch Flack''' and wait until your slice is loaded. ''Is your slice ready?'' 2. (optional) If you have `omni` installed run the `readyToLogin` script to get your login information: {{{ readyToLogin.py -a clemson-ig -a utah-ig }}} 3. If you have `omni` installed renew your slivers to expire on Monday {{{ omni.py renewsliver 20140922 -a clemson-ig -a utah-ig }}} {{{ #!html
Tip If you don't have Omni, go back to the portal and renew your resources from there, you might need to only renew the Utah resources.